Scripture

When we think of strange verses in the New Testament, the fantastic visions of Revelation immediately leap to mind. But Revelation isn’t the only place. From weird words used by St. Paul to the trance of St. Peter, here are…

Q: Okay, so what is the Christian account of how revelation occurred?
As Elmer Fudd might say, “Vewy, vewy swowly.” Divine revelation didn’t happen in a blinding flash—such as God dropping the Summa Theologiae on top of a mountain and…

Jesus has many names in the Bible. In fact, there are well over one hundred of them—almost seven hundred according to one count.
 
In Scripture, a name signifies the mission and character of the one who bears it. Saul…

An education in truths that cannot be expressed in words 
In his book, the Love of Learning and the Desire for God, Jean Leclerq describes various tensions playing out in education in the medieval period.

One arises from the love…

Ignorance of Scripture is Ignorance of Christ

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. January 25, 2013

There is a myth that we must lay to rest, once and for all–Protestants are all about the Bible, while Catholics are all about the Sacraments.  While I can’t speak for my Protestant brethren, I can say this with certainty–the…

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SHORT FEATURE: KATE BUSH – EXPERIMENT IV

by David October 29, 2012

The attempt to read through the Catechism in one year as part of the Year of Faith continues, and as often happens around these parts, my brain is making some pretty weird pop culture associations. For instance, the reading for…

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Veils Off, Veils On& other Random Delight in the Transfiguration

by Daria Sockey August 6, 2012

Part of this title…

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What We Can Learn From the Enlightenment

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. July 4, 2012

In the days when states were still “the colonies” and men wore powdered wigs, a new way of thinking captured the intelligentsia of the western world.  “The miracle stories in the Bible and the lives of the saints may be…

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The Oldest Trick in the Good Book

by Louie Verrecchio June 6, 2012

The cover of Newsweek recently hailed Barack Obama as “the first gay president” after he formally announced his support for same-sex “marriage,” and this just weeks before Sports Illustrated published an article on the plight of the “transgender” athlete.
For…

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Married Saints from the Bible

by Theresa Doyle-Nelson April 17, 2012

Pope John Paul II seemed to have a special desire to recognize married couples who lived saintly lives.  He strove to have some of these holy couples canonized, likely so they could serve as role models for living married couples. …

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